I know with every film someone makes the joke of a 'Cinematic Universe' but I'd love to see a shared world group of WWII films with the same actors playing the same roles across different projects, like how Michael Gambon has played George V in several projects.

Finally saw THE BIG SICK and it was so fucking good!
Brilliant script, and Michael Showalter was a perfect choice for a director to avoid cliches while retaining sentimentality. And I was blown away by the supporting cast, particularly Khamil's family.

Saw "IT" last night. 6/10. Don't remember the original, mostly, but this seems better from what I can recall. The clown concept and execution was fantastic and well done. The kids, their acting, their story, etc... I know it's all based on an "old" book at this point, but it absolutely feels dated at this point. A bunch of young dudes alongside one quirky tomboy girl... ya ya, seen it a million fucking times. Let's try something new, yeah?

Sitting through "Sunshine" for the third time. This film should be considered one of the sci-fi greats if it isn't already. Director's commentary is particularly enlightening (no pun intended), and Underworld did an awful lot of the score. The film looks and sounds great.

How so? I dug how Boyle adhered to actual science as much as the plot would allow (e.g., artificial gravity), that water in the oxygen garden was recycled just through condensation, how cinematography (or VX?) mostly kept red and yellow colors out of the shipboard shots in order to accentuate how HOT and threatening the sun was in exterior shots, and that pretty much any character could die at any time.

They introduce all the characters at once in a manner that is totally confusing and then have one of them totally change his appearance, the attempt at legit science would be commendable if it wasn't for the plot being so utterly stupid as to negate it and the fact the pilot is able to move the ship without moving the heat shield.

Someone who's job is flying spaceships just forgets how to fly a spaceship. If you point a 747 at a mountain, an alert goes off to the effect of "Warning, you are flying towards a mountain, would you like some help with that."

So why bother getting the keytar playing from D-Ream to sort you out with OG gardens and what not if your movie is just going to be an elaborate set up for an axe-wielding maniac to chase you about??

They introduce all the characters at once in a manner that is totally confusing and then have one of them totally change his appearance, the attempt at legit science would be commendable if it wasn't for the plot being so utterly stupid as to negate it and the fact the pilot is able to move the ship without moving the heat shield.

Someone who's job is flying spaceships just forgets how to fly a spaceship. If you point a 747 at a mountain, an alert goes off to the effect of "Warning, you are flying towards a mountain, would you like some help with that."

So why bother getting the keytar playing from D-Ream to sort you out with OG gardens and what not if your movie is just going to be an elaborate set up for an axe-wielding maniac to chase you about??

Good points. The third one (the third act) is the main detractor for me. Still thoroughly enjoyed the film for, what you've pointed out, are the technical aspects. So maybe that's what I really enjoy in a film. As for introducing all the characters at once, that just eliminates the tedium of backstory and pushes the narrative...otherwise it might've ended up more like Armageddon.

Last movie I saw in theatres was "mother!", a movie people either love or hate. I'm in the love camp.

My most recent 'movie nobody's heard of I'm recommending like a madman' is "Girl Asleep", a quirky Australian comedy with fantastical elements. I'm blatantly copy-pasting this from Facebook:

This is an offbeat little Australian movie about an awkward teenage girl. Reviews frequently compare it to some mix of "Napoleon Dynamite", Wes Anderson, Buñuel and Bettelheim. I'll accept that.

You see, what I liked about "Napoleon Dynamite" was not so much the lines or the oddball characters as the style of it; maybe I was just in a good mood that day, but it seemed to me that the filmmakers had found a way to frame and pace the shots that set a certain vibe.

That's totally on display here, and it astonishes me that "Girl Asleep" is adapted from a stage play and helmed by its stage director, Rosemary Myers, making her film debut, because felicity with cinematic grammar abounds. She draws you into a world in just a little bit of a dream state., with an off-kilter, slightly handmade feel.

There isn't a weak performance in the bunch--Bethany Whitmore in the lead is particularly right to play a passive protagonist whose default state seems to be 'quietly wounded'--and the 1970s sets and costumes lend humor and warmth without reducing the flick to a parody.

"Girl Asleep" is far from a perfect project. Hell, I'll admit it: there's a 15-minute weak patch in a 77-minute movie. Most critics find that the second half's extended flight of fancy tries their patience and isn't as fresh as the filmmakers seem to think it is. I won't argue.

But there's enough to like in the first half of the film that I was sufficiently blown away. I felt somehow jealous of audiences that had encountered this thing at festivals first; I wished I could have been among the first to see this little oddity.

Blade Runner 2049. A perfect sequel. When a movie shows you not one, not two but about ten things you've never seen before (in a film), it's a good reminder that there's still countless stories to tell... and a BETTER way to tell them.

It's not a perfect film, but neither was the original, and this is pretty damn close. Need to watch again.

It was awesome. Any movie with both a Poquito Mas reference AND an Ernie's cameo almost qualifies for greatest movie of all time. (long shot, but yeah... have I told you about my love for Mexican food?)

(Meanwhile, Ernie's is quietly becoming a pop culture icon now that it has been in this movie AND is a spot that Rian Johnson and Edgar Wright are known to frequent for margaritas).